Five cheetah（猎豹） cubs were born May 28 to 6-year-old Amani at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va. Amani is a dedicated mother according to keepers, who have observed her nursing and grooming the cubs. This litte...
Want to convince someone to do something? A new University of Michigan study has some intriguing（有趣的） insights drawn from how we speak. The study, presented May 14 at the annual meeting of the American Association for Public Opinion Researc...
Even relatively mild（温和的） stress can lead to long term disability and an inability to work, reveals a large population based study published online in the Journal of Epidemiology（流行病学） and Community Health. It is well known that...
An Australian study to determine the likelihood of school-aged children waking up to their home smoke alarm found that 78% of children slept through a smoke alarm sounding for 30 seconds. The outcomes of the study are published today in the journal F...
The NASA National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) climate/weather satellite is undergoing flight environmental testing at Ball Aerospace Technologies Corp's production and test facility in...
New findings from the Monell Center reveal that weight gain of formula-fed infants is influenced by the type of formula the infant is consuming. The findings have implications related to the infant's risk for the development of obesity, diabetes and...
A compound which acts in the opposite way as growth hormone can reverse（颠倒） some of the signs of aging, a research team that includes a Saint Louis University physician has shown. The finding may be counter-intuitive to some older adults who...
With frigid（寒冷的，严寒的） temperatures already blanketing much of the United States, the arrival of the winter solstice（冬至） on December 21 may not be an occasion many people feel like celebrating. But a dazzling（耀眼的） to...
THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Good morning, everybody.Let me begin by pointing out that although Washington is supposed to be a town of sharp elbows, its getting a little carried away. For those of you who are worried about my lip, I should be oka...
Many parents of preschoolers（学龄前儿童） struggle with their children's fears of real and imaginary creatures. A new study offers some ideas on how they can better manage their children's worries. The study, which was carried out by researchers at...
